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Netflix subs to hit 128m thanks to int’l growth
Netflix’s subscriber count is tipped to reach 128 million by 2022, with the number of…
Ampere: Saudi web users consume most TV & video
Saudi Arabian internet users watched more TV and video online than people in any other…
Netflix cancels Wachowski drama Sense8
Until this week, Netflix had very rarely cancelled an original series. It has now axed…
Jay Hunt to leave Channel 4
Jay Hunt is to leave her post of chief creative officer at Channel 4 after…
A+E Networks hires UKTV exec
A+E Networks UK has appointed UKTV executive Dom Wilkins as head of scheduling, History UK…
BT Sport & Snapchat partner for Champions League final
BT Sport is partnering with Snapchat in the UK on social coverage of Saturday’s UEFA…
BBC to broadcast One Love Manchester concert
UK broadcaster BBC One and a host of international channels will broadcast the One Love…
Kirkham: no topic ‘taboo’ for BBC Factual
BBC factual controller Alison Kirkham has pledged that “no subject should be taboo” for the…
CBS current chief exiting
US broadcaster CBS is losing a second senior executive in a week, with Bridget Wiley…
SVOD service iflix launches African office
Subscription VOD service iflix has opened an office in Cape Town as it launches a…
PactUS plans digital content mini-market
PactUS and the Global Online Video Association (GOVA) are working together on a selection of…
Viceland lines up ‘reality sitcom’ in UK
Youth-focused pay TV channel Viceland has ordered a slate of new shows from the UK,…
Lis Murdoch digital studio preps Snapchat originals
Social video platform Snapchat Discovery has commissioned a pair of series from Elisabeth Murdoch’s Vertical…
ITV developing Alex Rider drama
UK broadcaster ITV is developing a television adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider spy novels….
ITV America sets pact with ex-Generate chiefs
LA-based ITV America has secured an exclusive production deal with the new prodco of former…
Showtime reaches Asia with Fox Networks deal
CBS Corp. has expanded the Showtime brand into Asia through a distribution deal with Fox…
A+E buys NBCU out of German JV
A+E Networks is to acquire full control of its German joint venture, as it continues…
Pascal Pictures exec to launch See-Saw US
Negin Salmasi is leaving the prodco of former Sony Picture Entertainment boss Amy Pascal to…
BBC First extends Dutch distribution
BBC Worldwide is upping the distribution of BBC First in the Netherlands after agreeing a…
Discovery poaches Viacom exec for data push
Discovery Communications has appointed Viacom executive Christopher McGrath as senior vice president of data and…
AMC eyes dramas from Fear, Humans scribes
US cable network AMC is developing a trio of dramas from writers with credits on…
Deutsche Telekom has funds for scripted originals
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom is planning to invest in original scripted content from next year and…
Amazon will have ‘bigger impact’ than Netflix
Amazon is likely to have a bigger impact on the markets in which it is…
Boat Rocker consolidates factual units
Canada-based Boat Rocker Media is bringing its factual assets together as a new unit, Crooked…
ProSiebenSat.1, TVE check in to Hotel Römantiek
Major European broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 and TVE have ordered remakes of Belgian format Hotel Römantiek. Both…
Young Sheldon finds home on CTV
Young Sheldon is among a number of new US broadcast shows that Canadian broadcaster CTV…
Turner APAC ups Schwebig as Jain exits
Turner Asia Pacific (APAC) has promoted Clement Schwebig to CFO, with senior VP of finance…
Fremantle hires ex-Chernin TV chief for drama
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has named ex-Chernin Entertainment TV chief Dante Di Loreto as its…
CBS rejigs entertainment as Geller exits
US broadcaster CBS has upped Kelly Kahl to president of entertainment and drafted in The…
Ex-RTÉ boss joins EBU as director general
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has appointed the former director general of Irish national broadcaster…